HAIFA BUYS 17 ELECTRIC BYD BUSES

BYD secured an order for 17 electric buses from the north Israel port city of Haifa. The bus fleet will be operated by Egged, a major public transport operator in Israel, BYD said, without disclosing the value of the order.

The single-decker electric bus has a length of 12 meters and is powered by BYD’s iron phosphate batteries, with a range of 250 kilometers (155 miles) on one charge, under urban conditions. It takes five hours to fully charge the vehicle’s batteries.

The Chinese company now builds electric buses in the United States, the United Kingdom and Brazil. It is also constructing bus assembly plants in Hungary, France and Ecuador.